The 3rd ed., published ca. 1610. First published Antwerp: G. de Jode, 1579. By Laurens van Haecht Goidtsenhoven, engravings by G. de Jode. See Landwehr

Engraved title, the first word in Greek. The 74 numbered emblematic ill. appear on versos of leaves starting with the third. The title appears above, a Bible text below, with explanatory couplets on the facing recto. Sequences of four ill. are also lettered A-T, reflecting the signatures of the 1st ed

Landwehr, J. Emblem books in the Low Countries

Binding: 19th-century pastepaper backed in goatskin. Spine tooled in gilt, title in gilt on red label. Page edges sprinkled red. Silk ribbon place marker

John Landwehr's label at lower left corner of front pastedown. Ownership inscription on back pastedown of Lisa & Leonard Baskin

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